CVE-2012-2664

The sosreport utility in the Red Hat sos package before 2.2-29 does not remove the root user password information from the Kickstart configuration file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) when creating an archive of debugging information, which might allow attackers to obtain passwords or password hashes.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54116
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1121.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76468

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:sos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2012-06-29 12:55

Updated : 2017-08-28 18:31

NVD link : CVE-2012-2664

Mitre link : CVE-2012-2664

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-255

Credentials Management Errors

Products Affected

redhat

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